Historical Archaeology and Indigenous Collaboration: Discovering Histories That Have Futures

226 Pages·2020·7.408 MB·English

by  D. Rae Gould, Holly Herbster, Heather Law Pezzarossi, Stephen A. Mrozowski

Historical Archaeology and Indigenous Collaboration
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Historical Archaeology
and Indigenous Collaboration
Discovering Histories That Have Futures
D. Rae Gould,
Holly Herbster,
Heather Law Pezzarossi,
and Stephen A. Mrozowski
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Foreword by Cheryll Toney Holley
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Copyright 2020 by D. Rae Gould, Holly Herbster, Heather Law Pezzarossi, and
Stephen A. Mrozowski
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The Library of Congress has cataloged the printed edition as follows
Names: Gould, D. Rae, author. | Herbster, Holly, author. | Law Pezzarossi,
Heather, 1979– author. | Mrozowski, Stephen A., author.
Title: Historical archaeology and indigenous collaboration : discovering
histories that have futures / D. Rae Gould, Holly Herbster, Heather
Law Pezzarossi, and Stephen A. Mrozowski.
Description: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2020. | Includes
bibliographical references and index. |
Identifiers: LCCN 2019015546 (print) | LCCN 2019019237 (ebook) | ISBN
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Subjects: LCSH: Archaeology—Methodology. | Archaeology and history.
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930.1072—dc23
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Contents
List of Figures vii
List of Tables ix
Foreword xi
Cheryll Toney Holley, Sonksq, Nipmuc Nation
1. Introduction: Histories That Have Futures 1
D. Rae Gould and Stephen A. Mrozowski
2. Threads of Continuity: Cultural and Temporal Intersections across
Nipmuc Homelands 27
D. Rae Gould, Holly Herbster, and Stephen A. Mrozowski
3. The Archaeology of Magunkaquog 49
Stephen A. Mrozowski
4. The Documentary Archaeology of Magunkaquog 74
Holly Herbster
5. The Archaeology of Hassanamesit Woods 101
Heather Law Pezzarossi and Stephen A. Mrozowski
6. Movement and the Nipmuc Landscape: The Legacy of Sarah “Boston”
Philips 125
Heather Law Pezzarossi
7. The Cisco Homestead and Hassanamisco Reservation: Past, Present,
and Future of the Nipmuc Nation 149
D. Rae Gould
8. Rethinking Native Spaces: Connecting Pasts to Futures 176
D. Rae Gould and Stephen A. Mrozowski
Bibliography 189
About the Authors 203
Index 205
Figures
1.1. Map of Nipmuc homelands and praying towns, ca. 1650 8
2.1. Pulpit Rock, Woodstock, Connecticut 28
3.1. Map of Magunkaquog, Massachusetts, area 52
3.2. Magunco Hill site plan and Magunkaquog foundation map 54
3.3. Stone crystals, Magunkaquog foundation 56
3.4. Staffordshire ceramic artifacts, Magunkaquog site 58
3.5. Fulham stoneware jar, Magunkaquog site 59
3.6. Charred redware, Magunkaquog site 61
3.7. Horse hardware, Magunkaquog site 62
3.8. Furniture hardware, Magunkaquog site 63
3.9. Thimble, scissors, and button artifacts, Magunkaquog site 64
3.10. Flaked bottle glass pieces, Magunkaquog site 67
3.11. Quartz gunflints, Magunkaquog site 69
5.1. Yard area map, Burnee/Boston Homestead site 106
5.2. Home lot and surrounding area, Burnee/Boston Homestead site 108
5.3. Soil micromorphology, Burnee/Boston Homestead site 113
5.4. Axe artifact, Burnee/Boston Homestead site 114
5.5. Silver-coated, seal-topped spoon, Burnee/Boston Homestead site 120
6.1. Captain John Whipple house, Providence, Rhode Island 132
6.2. Richard Brown house, Providence, Rhode Island 135
6.3. Coverdale Stand on the Mendon Road 138
6.4. The corner of Main and Exchange Streets, Worcester, Massachusetts
144
7.1. Sign in front of the Hassanamisco Reservation 150
7.2. The Cisco Homestead (2010) 155
7.3. The Cisco Homestead (2017) 156
7.4. Zara CiscoeBrough and Sarah Cisco Sullivan, ca. 1960 166

Tables
5.1. Five generations of Sarahs at Hassanamesit Woods 103
7.1. Hassanamesit Reservation occupants, 1600s to 1988 157